The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the precariousness of a solely bricks and mortar model. According to a recent report by McKinsey, consumers expect a relative shift to online shopping in most categories in the short term, driven primarily by a sharp... Read more

Business Intelligence COVID-19 Ecommerce FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

London/Paris — When reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian’s walked Instagram fans through her California home in 2020, many were agog to see a refrigerator devoted to just one product — packaged water. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trading Environment Trends

JOHANNESBURG – Private sector players have rallied behind the accelerated economic recovery strategy proposed by South Africa’s biggest business Read more

Business Intelligence Financial FMCG Liquor Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

South Africa's alcohol industry has expressed its disappointment with the government's decision to reinstate the ban on the sale and distribution Read more

Business Intelligence COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

Dis-Chem has decided to close its Covid-19 testing facilities “for the foreseeable future” as the company struggles with a backlog in getting test results from the testing labs. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Product Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

Cape Town - The possibility of load shedding could be the final straw that will break the back of businesses already struggling under the lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to business leaders and economists. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends

By Level 4 of the national lockdown, drivers were doing most of their shopping closer to the noon hours. This trend persisted into Level 3, despite curfews and restrictions on businesses being lifted. Read more

COVID-19 FMCG Retail Shopper / Consumer Shopper Marketing Trends